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The Christian warfare wherein is first generally showed the malice, power and politic stratagems…The Christian warfare wherein is first generally shewed the malice, power and politike stratagems…
The Christian warfare wherein is first generally showed the malice, power and politic stratagems of the spiritual enemies of our salvation, Satan and his assistants the world and the flesh, with the means also whereby the Christian may withstand and defeat them : and afterwards more specially their particular temptations, against the several causes and means of our salvation, whereby on the one side they allure us to security and presumption, and on the other side, draw us to doubting and desperation, are expressed and answered : written especially for their sakes who are exercised in the spiritual conflict of temptations, and are afflicted in conscience in the sight and sense of their sins / by I. Downame ...The Christian warfare wherein is first generally shewed the malice, power and politike stratagems of the spirituall ennemies of our saluation, Sathan and his assistants the world and the flesh, with the meanes also whereby the Christian may vvithstand and defeate them : and afterwards more speciallie their particvlar temptatiions, against the seuerall causes and meanes of our saluation, whereby on the one side they allure vs to security and presumption, and on the other side, draw vs to doubting and desperation, are expressed and answered : written especially for their sakes who are exercised in the spirituall conflict of temptations, and are afflicted in conscience in the sight and sense of their sinnes / by I. Dovvname ...
London: printed for Cuthbert Burby, 1604
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§. Sect. 3 But as this temptation is foolish,1 so also it is false; for whereas he saith that though we live in our sins without repentance, yet we may be elected and therefore shall be saved; and though we take never so great pains in Gods service, and most carefully endeavour to spend our lives in holiness and righteousness, yet we may be reprobates and therefore shall be condemned; this is utterly untrue: for, whomsoever the Lord hath ordained to everlasting life, those also he hath ordained to use the means whereby they may be saved, and consequently whosoever carefully use these means may be assured of their salvation, whosoever neglect and despise these means they manifestly declare that they are not in the number of the elect, so long as they continue in their neglect and contempt: for the end and the means tending to the end, are inseparably joined in Gods decree; so that they who use the one shall obtain the other, they who neglect and contemn the means shall never attain unto the end.
§. Sect. 3 But as this temptation is foolish,1 so also it is false; for whereas he saith that though we liue in our sinnes without repentance, yet we may be elected and therefore shall be saued; and though we take neuer so great paines in Gods seruice, and most carefully indeauour to spend our liues in holinesse and righteousnesse, yet we may be reprobates and therefore shall bee condemned; this is vtterly vntrue: for, whomsoeuer the Lord hath ordained to euerlasting life, those also he hath ordained to vse the meanes whereby they may be saued, and consequently whosoeuer carefully vse these meanes may be assured of their saluation, whosoeuer neglect and despise these meanes they manifestly declare that they are not in the number of the elect, so long as they continue in their neglect and contempt: for the end and the meanes tending to the end, are inseparably ioyned in Gods decree; so that they who vse the one shall obtaine the other, they who neglect and contemne the meanes shall neuer attaine vnto the end.
- 1Sathans temptation grounded upon the unchangeableness of Gods decree false and impious.Sathans temptation grounded vpon the vnchangeablenesse of Gods decree false and impious.